Brady lawsuit:New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady could again be facing a four-game suspension for the scandal known as Deflategate after federal appellate judges spent time shredding some of his union’s favorite arguments for dismissal.

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York gave a players’ union lawyer a tough time, with Judge Denny Chin even saying that evidence of ball tampering was “compelling, if not overwhelming,” and that there is evidence to support a finding that Brady “knew about it, consented to it, encouraged it.”

The appeals court did not immediately rule, but it seemed to lean heavily at times against the union’s arguments.